Process for finishing shoes



Patented Sept. 2, 1930 ,l 1,775,010

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT WERSCHKY, OF DENVER, COLORADO PROCESS FOR FINISHING SHOES No Drawing. Application filed August 13, 1928. Serial No. 299,459.

This invention relates to improvements in the coloring material, another coat may be processes for finishing leather and has referapplied as soon as the first coat has dried.

ence more particularly to a process for color- After the color has been applied, the shoe ing shoes. is left to dry'for two to'four hours, or as It is becoming very popular for women and long as necessary. If the shoe is placed in a 55 girlsto wear shoes that are colored to harmoving air current, as for example, before a monize with their dresses and this makes it fan, it will dry much faster than otherwise. necessary to'carry a large number of colors After the color coat has dried, a finishing as well as the different sizes and this incoat is then applied. The finishing coat, is

creases unreasonably the amount of stock formed by a mixture'of lacquer, castor oil 60 to be carried by a dealer. It is evident that and linseed oil in the proportion of three if a dealer is in position to color any shoe as parts of lacquer to one part eachof the easdesired, he will be in position to match the tor and linseed oil. This finishing coat. gives colorof any dress without making it necesthe surface the necessary luster and provldes 1 sary to carry a big supply of shoes of difiera protective film over the colored surface. 65

ent colors. 4 The lacquer protects the surface of the leath- Itis the object of this invention to proer from the effect of moisture and makes it duce a method of coloring shoes that can possible to clean the shoes bymeans of a dry readily be practiced by any shoe dealer and or a moist rag, thus making it possible to reto produce the materials for carrying out the tain the finished appearance for a long time.

' method so that the dealer or any oneelse may If the color is to be altered, this can be readquickly color a pair of shoes to the desired. ily done by first removing the finish by means color. I of a varnish remover and then applying the It is evident that it is often desirable to new color as above described. The varnish alter the color of shoes to harmonize with remover employed is of the usual type, some- 7 other and different colored dresses and by times called paint remover and contains means of the process and materials herein desolvents on the order of benzol, other solscribed, thiscan readily be done. vents on the order of alcohol and in addi- As nearly all new shoes and all old shoes tion cyclic CH hydrocarbons, as hexahydrohave a finished surface, it is first of all necesbenzol or derivatives of cyclic hydrocarbons so sary to remove this finish-and this is effected as adipin ketone. Instead of the cyclic CH by applying to the shoes a varnish remover f hydrocarbons mentioned any of their equivaof the type herein described, by means of 0 lents, such as the cyclic paraflins, including or 00 steel wool; this loosens the finish and cyclohepatane or pentamethylene, vinyl tri- 55 opens the pores of the leather. The shoe is methylene,

then carefully wiped by a piece of cloth and sible to employ such intermediate derivatives left to dry for about fifteen minutes. The of these cyclic paraflins or cyclic hydrocarnext step is to apply the coloring which combons as acetyltrimethylene, deteramethylene 0 prises a fluid varnish remover in which is ketone adipin, ketone, etc.

. dissolved or suspended a suitable dye or pig- For the purpose of this invention twenty ment. The varnish remover penetrates the per cent of castor oil and twenty per cent 0 leather and the pigment or dye becomes even linseed oil are mixed with sixty per cent of ly distributed over the surface and in the the exudations of the Riv/us vermlcifem.

pores and does not form a layer that will The pigment or color may be any stand- 95 break and peel, but acts rather as a penetratard dye which is mixed with the varnish reing dye that gives the desired color and mover in the proper proportions. leaves the surface of the leather in its natu- From the above it will be apparent that I ral shape. If the desired appearance is not have produced a simple and effective method I attained by.means of a singleapplication of for applying a color finish to shoes and for 100 etc., may be used. It is also pos- 35 v v changing the color finish from one color to another..

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1.1 The method of refinishing leather goods w ich comprises applying a varnish remover to the surface, applying to the surface a coloring matter formed in partby a varnish remover and then-applying a protective coat of lacquer.

2. The method of refinishing leather goods which comprises applying a varnish remover to the surface, applying to the surface a dye formed by dissolving same in a ketonic varnish remover, and then applying a film of surface protective material comprising Rh'ws vemz'cz'fem with castor and linseed oils.

3. The method of refinishing shoes which comprises applying a varnish remover to the surface and then applying to the surface a coloring matter formed in part by a varnish remover.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

ROBERT WERSCfiKY 

